Depressive symptoms and mental health-related quality of life in adolescence and young adulthood after early parental death
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Depressive symptoms and mental health-related quality of life in adolescence and young adulthood after early parental death. / Appel, Charlotte W; Frederiksen, Kirsten; Hjalgrim, Henrik; Dyregrov, Atle; Dalton, Susanne O; Dencker, Annemarie; Høybye, Mette Terp; Dige, Jes; Bøge, Per; Mikkelsen, Ole Abildgaard; Johansen, Christoffer; Envold Bidstrup, Pernille.
I: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Bind 47, Nr. 7, 2019, s. 782-792.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Depressive symptoms and mental health-related quality of life in adolescence and young adulthood after early parental death
AU - Appel, Charlotte W
AU - Frederiksen, Kirsten
AU - Hjalgrim, Henrik
AU - Dyregrov, Atle
AU - Dalton, Susanne O
AU - Dencker, Annemarie
AU - Høybye, Mette Terp
AU - Dige, Jes
AU - Bøge, Per
AU - Mikkelsen, Ole Abildgaard
AU - Johansen, Christoffer
AU - Envold Bidstrup, Pernille
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Aims: Little is known about long-term mental health in young adults who participate in ongoing grief counseling programs after early parental death in childhood, adolescence or young adulthood. The purpose of this study was to examine mental health in young adults according to early parental death and participation in grief counseling. Methods: In a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study, we included three samples of young adults age 18-41 years. One sample who had lost a parent between age 0 and 30 years and who had participated in grief counseling identified through four Danish grief-counseling organizations, and two registry-based samples of young adults included parentally bereaved and non-bereaved young adults. Multivariate-adjusted regression analyses were performed to characterize risk of depressive symptoms and mental health-related quality of life (HQoL) according to early parental death and participation in grief counseling. Results: A total of 2467 (45%) young adults participated. Bereaved young adults reported significantly more depressive symptoms (p<0.0001) and lower mental HQoL (p<0.0001) than non-bereaved young adults and than general population levels for both depressive symptoms (p<0.0001) and HQoL (p<0.0001). Bereaved young adults who had participated in grief counseling reported significantly more depressive symptoms (p<0.0001) and lower mental HQoL (p<0.0001) than bereaved persons who did not participate in grief counseling. Conclusions: Bereaved young adults report more mental health problems than non-bereaved young adults, and also after participation in grief counseling the death of a parent may be accompanied by subsequent mental health problems.
AB - Aims: Little is known about long-term mental health in young adults who participate in ongoing grief counseling programs after early parental death in childhood, adolescence or young adulthood. The purpose of this study was to examine mental health in young adults according to early parental death and participation in grief counseling. Methods: In a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study, we included three samples of young adults age 18-41 years. One sample who had lost a parent between age 0 and 30 years and who had participated in grief counseling identified through four Danish grief-counseling organizations, and two registry-based samples of young adults included parentally bereaved and non-bereaved young adults. Multivariate-adjusted regression analyses were performed to characterize risk of depressive symptoms and mental health-related quality of life (HQoL) according to early parental death and participation in grief counseling. Results: A total of 2467 (45%) young adults participated. Bereaved young adults reported significantly more depressive symptoms (p<0.0001) and lower mental HQoL (p<0.0001) than non-bereaved young adults and than general population levels for both depressive symptoms (p<0.0001) and HQoL (p<0.0001). Bereaved young adults who had participated in grief counseling reported significantly more depressive symptoms (p<0.0001) and lower mental HQoL (p<0.0001) than bereaved persons who did not participate in grief counseling. Conclusions: Bereaved young adults report more mental health problems than non-bereaved young adults, and also after participation in grief counseling the death of a parent may be accompanied by subsequent mental health problems.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Bereavement
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Denmark/epidemiology
KW - Depression/epidemiology
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Parental Death/psychology
KW - Quality of Life/psychology
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW - Young Adult
U2 - 10.1177/1403494818806371
DO - 10.1177/1403494818806371
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30328374
VL - 47
SP - 782
EP - 792
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Supplement
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Supplement
SN - 1403-4956
IS - 7
ER -
ID: 234152282